With the night's pulling in, things are on the change. Sure enough the first three GADWALL were back on sight, but as we consider this fact SWALLOWS, HOUSE and SAND MARTINS where feeding well over the lake. But with 23 species and a first CETTI'S WARBLER for the year we stand bacl and let the year move on.
From the garden: There are some things that are not understood about many of the things about us. In fact the more you see. the more you realise how little we realy know. In fact we never stop learning. So as for this STARLING I assume it is on it's last legs. Bird flue, botulism or a mental blackout. who can tell but it's activite was more than strange. I exspect that by now it has demised, but I fed it some maggots and it eat well. Flew of a few meters and came back again to feed three times. Unable to stand and lying as if it was sun bathing or eating ants. But none of these applied. So no easy answares. But as always "I done what I could".
Once asked why do you watch birds. My reply I just like them. So after the RFF we come down to earth with a bump. Or is it a ball of fluff. No it's a HOUSE SPARROW.
It seems that this bird had taken up residence last Friday and had been miss identified. But not for long as it turned out to be a juvenile RED FOOTED FALCON. To have such a bird so close to home is a gift but I made a decision that I would leave it till today as it is my birthday. So a call in was no disappointment. Of course this is no were near my first, not even for juvenile. But what a lovely bird to photograph. So I apologise for so many pic's.
Call in with my mate and after weeks of no rain Links Hill car park had small pools of water. Earlier today a LITTLE GULL was seen North of Ness Point. So no surprise on arrival that the bird sat in a puddle. The bird would not look at me, perhaps there was something wrong with me. But evemtually it obliged. There was also 7 SANDWICH TERNS with one young bird being fed. Also a single MED GULL flew in but did not land.
Nature has a way of always giving and it happened again today. With the first ever SMALL COPPER which stayed long enough to get more than one pic. Which is unusual. It seemed to like my beetroot.
Out again on very hot day with still no rain. When will it end. GWE and LE just couple of COMMON BUZZARD. The best was a late run SWIFT on its own and feeding well as was all the SWALLOWS and HOUSE MARTINS. Nothing out of the usual but a very confinding KESTREL as can be seen by the pic's belowe.
